The Teamsters union, which has been trying to organize workers at the warehouse, said the closing was retaliation against employees who publicized incidents of sexual harassment and pregnancy discrimination. The group’s organizing efforts there have been underway since 2017, when a worker collapsed and died of cardiac arrest on the warehouse floor. In October, The Times reported that six women had miscarriages after lifting heavy boxes at the warehouse and being denied breaks from physically intense work. Some of the episodes occurred while the warehouse was operated by another company, New Breed Logistics, which XPO bought in 2014. “The warehouse is closing because management chose to run this place like it’s their personal plantation, rather than running it like it’s a company,” she said Thursday.

Source: New York Times February 14, 2019 19:42 UTC